{"id":761,"date":"2008-07-06T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/06\/first-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","slug":"first-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/06\/first-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day The Earth Stood Still trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/article.php?id=4140\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">trailer<\/a>, littered with explosions and quasi-<span style=\"font-style: italic\">X-Files<\/span> moments, shows exactly what I <a href=\"http:\/\/darkforces.powbangzap.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/klaatu-barada-gack.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">feared<\/a> from this film.   The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1xDRht8s3E&amp;amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">original<\/a> was a thoughtful, quiet film that successfully explored paranioa.  The beautifully written and directed picture perfectly captured science fiction movies of the era.  Then on second thought with explosions and overt paranoid elements, this new version may sadly capture the science fiction movies of the current era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trailer, littered with explosions and quasi-X-Files moments, shows exactly what I feared from this film. The original was a thoughtful, quiet film that successfully explored paranioa. 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